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largesse Definition

lar·gesse (lär jes, lärjis)

noun

  1. generous giving, as from a patron
  2. a gift or gifts given in a generous, or sometimes showy or patronizing, way
  3. nobility of spirit

Etymology: ME largesse < OFr < large, large

largesse Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • distribute: That hangs poorly with the fact that NESTA is meant to be distributing public largesse.
  • receive: One thing is, however, clear: Northern Ireland is not going to receive any further public expenditure largesse.
  • enjoy: Whilst the public is subjected to " market discipline " , however, multinationals continue to enjoy the largesse of the Bank.

Adjective modifier

  • such: Of course, they and their advisers will use ISAs, PEPs and all such fiscal largesse with glee.
  • corporate: Corporate largesse will never provide more than an uneven patchwork of disease-specific interventions.
  • public: One thing is, however, clear: Northern Ireland is not going to receive any further public expenditure largesse.
  • financial: Would John Prescott allow any elected regional assembly to have the same financial largesse allowed to the Scottish executive?
  • fiscal: Of course, they and their advisers will use ISAs, PEPs and all such fiscal largesse with glee.
  • socialist: There were times when the Square Mile took almost masochistic delight in the chancellor's heady mixture of fiscal rectitude and socialist largesse.

Noun used with modifier

  • lottery: Nevertheless, in contemporary usage the term has become synonymous with public access to the Internet, social inclusion, broadband and Lottery largesse.
  • spending: The chancellorâs Pre-Budget Report statement may well signal to many departments an end to the public spending largesse.
  • state: As ever, the prime beneficiaries of state largesse would appear to be the middle classes.